Hypertext Webster Gateway: "incidental"

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incidental
adj 1: (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate
in significance or nature or occurring as a chance
concomitant or consequence; "incidental expenses";
"the road will bring other incidental advantages";
"extra duties incidental to the job"; "labor problems
incidental to a rapid expansion"; "confusion incident
to a quick change" [syn: {incident}] [ant: {basic}]
2: following as a consequence; "an excessive growth of
bureaucracy, with related problems"; "snags incidental to
the changeover in management" [syn: {accompanying}, {attendant},
{concomitant}, {incidental to(p)}]
3: not of prime or central importance; "nonessential to the
integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA [syn: {nonessential}]
n 1: (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not
specified; "he requested reimbursement of $7 for
incidental expenses" [syn: {incidental expense}, {minor
expense}]
2: an item that is incidental


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